![]() In fact, following those old directions now will lead you far from bliss. As I documented in “ Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail,”, you just do x, y, and z (well, 21 steps’ worth of x, y, and z), and it will all work But, after much trial and error, I eventually found a combination of Mail settings and Gmail settings that, prior to Mavericks, resulted in a stable - and indeed largely pleasant - experience. Pseudo-IMAP Changes - Mail and Gmail were never a fantastic combination out of the box, because Gmail has a wacky, highly nonstandard way of using IMAP, and Mail always wanted to treat Gmail as though it were a conventional IMAP server. (The Joe Hulk drawing above is a snippet of an awesome Joy of Tech comic published in response to this article.) Here’s what I’ve observed and what you can (and can’t) do about it. Your mileage may vary, of course, but based on my own experiences and those of hundreds of people who have commented online, Mail’s behavior with Gmail accounts - especially at first - leaves a lot to be desired. ![]() Although some of the changes are quite clever and useful, the implementation is not without flaws. #1612: OS suggestions, new accessibility features, higher cellular prices, Chrome OS Flex for old Macs, Memorial Day hiatusĪpple Mail in OS X 10.9 Mavericks treats Gmail accounts differently than any previous version of Mail did.#1613: M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, long-awaited features coming to OS, watchOS 9, TidBITS website changes, tvOS and HomePod update.#1614: 2022 OS system requirements, WWDC 2022 head-scratcher features, travel tech notes from Canada.#1615: Why Stage Manager needs an M1 iPad, Limit IP Address Tracking problems, Citibank cryptocurrency confusion. ![]() #1616: Explaining passkeys, Apple challenges for senior citizens, macOS 11.6.7 Big Sur fixes email attachment bug.
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